Tokyo: Stocks jump 1.35% after Macron wins French presidency
Published Mon, May 8, 2017 · 12:29 AM
[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks rose 1.35 per cent at the start Monday after pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron swept his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 263.31 points to sit at 19,709.01.
AFP
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